Quotes about lies-and-lying

Never forget that a half truth is a whole lie.

— Source Unknown

Where lies are easily admitted, the father of lies is not easily kept out. Source unknown A great leader molds public opinion, a wise leader listens to it.

— Source Unknown

Some lies are so well disguised to resemble truth, that we should be poor judges of the truth not to believe them.

— Source Unknown

It is easier to gather up a bag of loose feathers than to round up or head off a single lie.

— Source Unknown

Clever liars give details, but the cleverest don't.

— Source Unknown

Burning lies led to my silent cries Keeping it inside I've got everything to hide. lustful desire, a burning fire You are the flame, You are to blame. Beautiful light deliver me from fright dreams full of lust. Or is the dream dreaming us? PHYSICAL PAIN don't call me insane. I don't want to be dead but all beautiful colors bleed to red

— Source Unknown

A fellow who says he has never told a lie has just told one.

— Source Unknown

When you rationalize, you do just that. You make rational lies.

— Source Unknown

I should like to lie at your feet and die in your arms.

— Voltaire

A lie can run around the world before the truth can get its boots on.

— James Watt

The liar at any rate recognizes that recreation, not instruction, is the aim of conversation, and is a far more civilized being than the blockhead who loudly expresses his disbelief in a story which is told simply for the amusement of the company.

— Oscar Wilde

As one knows the poet by his fine music, so one can recognize the liar by his rich rhythmic utterance, and in neither case will the casual inspiration of the moment suffice. Here, as elsewhere, practice must precede perfection.

— Oscar Wilde

Mendacity is a system that we live in. Liquor is one way out an death's the other.

— Tennessee Williams

Someone who knows too much finds it hard not to lie.

— Ludwig Wittgenstein

If you wish to strengthen a lie, mix a little truth in with it.

— Zohar

A lie is just the truth masquerading as bullshit.

— Michael Wakcher

I can't say I haven't lied but I can say that I lied to tell the truth.

— James Dye

A successful lie cannot be brought into this world and capriciously abandoned; like any committed relationship, it must be maintained, and with far more devotion than the truth, which carries on being carelessly true without any help.

— Lionel Shriver